Hugo Vilfred Pedersen, Maharaja Krishna Rajendra Wadiyar
Signed Hugo V P. Canvas 38 x 21 cm.
Aarhus Mindeudstilling 1959.
Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV (Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar; 4 June 1884 – 3 August 1940) was the twenty-fourth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore, from 1894 until his death in 1940.
Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV was born on 4 June 1884 in Mysore Palace. He was the eldest son of Maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiyar X and Maharani Vani Vilas Sannidhana. After the death of his father in Calcutta in 1894, Krishnaraja Wadiyar’s mother ruled the state as regent until Krishnaraja Wadiyar reached the age of majority on 8 August 1902.